On 6th February, as part of the events leading up to Manipal’s School of Communication’s fest - Article 19, around 60 students gathered to host their first Ally March!
We decided to have a little fun at IIT Delhi and walked around the whole campus, and posed various questions (both serious and fun) to the students. Watch the video for all the fun
This year, we at Sexuality and Disability collaborated with Queer Azaadi, a collective of LGBTQI organisations and individuals, to ensure that Mumbai Pride and related events were disability friendly.
"It gets behtar ('better' in Hindi)" and allies supporting equality were the two dominant themes of this year's Mumbai Pride March that took place yesterday, on Saturday, January 28, 2017
Gaylaxy is running a pride selfie contest till Jan 5th, where all you have to do is to follow the instagram account of Gaylaxy and send us your selfie taken at a pride parade in Indian in 2016.
Professional cosplayer, Romi Mondal, who was the brainchild behind this plan, decided to dress up as as Harley Quinn for the walk. A bunch of superhero lover queers and straight allies loved the idea and our little group grew. We chose the characters which were close to our hearts
The dhol beats gave the whole march a totally different ambience, where people celebrated their sexuality and gender identity, instead of feeling asahmed about it.
Kolkata pride demanded a world with equal rights, not just to queer people, but to whoever the society has done an unjustice to, including people with disabilities